As I started making the blocks for the Mosaics Tile quilt I had an idea. Why not use the jelly roll I have in Simply Color to see what the quilt look like done in reverse?
I cut 5″ squares in Kona White. For the jelly roll I cut two 5″ pieces and 2 8″ pieces from each strip. That gave me enough for roughly 42 total squares. Even better, I have some left over inches on each strip for another project. As much as I love this fabric line, I probably won’t use it for a while after two projects back to back.
I really wanted to have a random look to the layout. While piecing I sorted my 5″ and 8″ strips into 4 stacks. Each stack had just one of each of the 42 fabrics, no repeats. When piecing I made sure to not have the same colors or pattern touching.
I followed the block pattern in the book and pressed along the way. This really helped keep my squares neat and helped me rearrange the blocks so I didn’t repeat.
I really tried to keep the random look as I pieced the quilt blocks. It really got hard on the last few, but in the overall layout of a quilt, not too bad.
Can’t wait to really showcase how the quilt looks finished. The look is completely different from the original but still really shows off the fabrics.
